Page31/jbml/thln/74 "the projected contents may be

... ENTIRELY CORRECT:"
I AM REMINDED OF A SLOGAN I SAW LAST MONTH,
PROJECTED ON AN ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT BOARD IN THE TRAIN STATION AT LAUSANNE:
"We don't have to predict the future; we just have to make it possible!"

SHOULD I REGARD THIS AS TRIVIAL, AS NECESSARILY A MELIORATIVE MORALISM FOR CAPITALISM BEDAUSE FOUND IN A MAJOR TRAIN STATION, NOT MERELY UNATTRIBUTED BUT MOREOVER ALTERNATING WITH OTHER, MORE OBVIOUSLY BANAL SLOGANS?

OR DARE I RISK VALIDATING IT, ON THE GROUNDS (SAY) THAT THIS WAS THE COUNTRY OF EINSTEIN & Paul Klee?
At least it echoes forward to a question below, namely, why the difficulty of predicting the future should be "AGONIZING" to us.

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Is science a culprit here? How is science something separate? Are you arguing for a renewed respect for "OUR WIDER INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDINGS OF PLACE AND TEMPORALITY" (earlier and more often even in this same paragraph)?

[Wat Mor betreft allemaal vragen die min of meer te maken hebben met onze aanwezigheid @ myDi: TOTAAL VERSCHILLENDE (m/v/k) MYDIERTJES, DIE ERGENS TUSSEN DE 10 & 100 HUN VISIE GEVEN OP HET BESTAAN TUSSEN ZON, MAAN EN STERREN MET AL DIE ZO HOOGST MERKWAARDIGE GEVOELENS, GEDACHTEN, ONTMOETINGEN, ERVARINGEN, HOPEN, TELEURSTELLINGEN, BEVRUCHTINGEN & BEGRAFENISSEN, VERBRANDINGEN, AANRAKINGEN, AANRANDINGEN, VERKRACHTINGEN, (ON)GEZELLIGHEDEN, BESCHRIJVINGEN,
VERZINSELS, HERSENSPINSELS, BEGINSELS, DEMENTORS & LEERLINGEN VAN HOGWARTS/ZWEINSTEIN
& SOYLENT GREEN OR 1984!]
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